The 33-year-old would happily have continued playing, but a lack of options meant the decision to wave farewell to his career as a professional footballer was very much taken for him.
Although there s no denying that the Covid-19 pandemic has gravely affected the finances of Malaysian clubs, that was not necessarily the main reason behind his early retirement. Sure, footballers aged 33, 34 like me can still play [at the top level] and if given the chance I d have continued playing, Fauzan told
Goal. But frankly, from what I ve seen in the past five years, players aged 30 and older have grown irrelevant. It s not like how it was, when clubs would look for these more senior players first, before they signed the younger players.
The 33-year-old would happily have continued playing, but a lack of options meant the decision to wave farewell to his career as a professional footballer was very much taken for him.
Although there s no denying that the Covid-19 pandemic has gravely affected the finances of Malaysian clubs, that was not necessarily the main reason behind his early retirement. Sure, footballers aged 33, 34 like me can still play [at the top level] and if given the chance I d have continued playing, Fauzan told
Goal. But frankly, from what I ve seen in the past five years, players aged 30 and older have grown irrelevant. It s not like how it was, when clubs would look for these more senior players first, before they signed the younger players.
This team has the right combination of experienced and young players that I think can do a good job for the team in the coming season. I want them to remember that the Super League will be different from the Premier League and we have to work hard to stay longer in the top flight. When I see how the team performed previously, whenever they returned to the Super League, they always ended up finishing bottom and droppping back down. So I don t want the same to repeat for Kuala Lumpur this time and I m hopeful to make them a stronger competitor.